Eminem and Rihanna score their second No.1 duet this week as “The Monster” climbs a spot to No.1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, giving both of them their eighth chart-topping single here, the song also achieving Gold (●) in sales.

In its sixth year, Face The Music has brought together music industry leaders to discuss ideas and the issues affecting the industry.

John Butler Trio have released their first music in four years with a brand new song titled ‘Only One’.

U2 is under new management according to Billboard.

Warner Music put $36,144.37 into the bank of the Breast Cancer Council and other charities with the In Their Shoes charity auction.

The Eminem ‘The Marshall Mathers LP2’ vs Arcade Fire ‘Reflektor’ battle on the Australian album chart this week turned into a one-horse race with Eminem ending up selling three times more albums than Arcade Fire.

X-Factor runner-up Taylor Henderson debuts at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart this week with his debut original single “Borrow My Heart”, which achieves Gold (●) in sales in its first week of release.

The eighth studio album for Eminem entitled “The Marshall Mathers LP 2” becomes his seventh No.1 album in Australia.

The Beatles, that up and coming new boy band out of England, lead this weeks new music releases.

For the past two days the WAM music conference and festival has focused the Australian music industry on Perth and today the city opens up for all music fans.

Perth’s Tame Impala were the major winners of the WA Music Awards scooping up four gongs for Group of the Year, Single of the Year, Albert/EP of the Year and Music Video of the Year.

The Western Australian Festival music conference kicked off today in Perth with a keynote address from former Magic Dirt singer Adalita and tomorrow respected concert promoter Michael Chugg will tell his tales.

The controversial Redfern Now has been nominated for three APRA Screen Music Awards.

Robert Rigby, one of Australia’s most successful independent record label operators, has been appointed Executive Manager of The Voice for Universal Music Australia.

Arcade Fire’s double album ‘Reflektor’ will easily take the top spot on the US chart from Katy Perry this week although with smaller numbers than Katy’s debut.

Katy Perry’s fourth album “Prism” becomes the thirty-first No.1 album for 2013 and her second consecutive chart-topping album, as seventy number one albums ago she debuted at the top with “Teenage Dream” (6-Sept-2010) (TW-42).

X-Factor 2013 winner Dami Im takes her debut original single “Alive” straight into ARIA Singles Chart at number one this week, achieving Gold (●) in sales in its first four days of sale.

Australian supergroup The Dead Daisies have loaded up at number one on the Planet Rock airplay chart in the UK with ‘Lock ‘N’ Load’.

Alan McGee changed the face of British music when he discovered Oasis in a Scottish club but record boss he now prefers the quiet life.

James Blake can add Mercury Music Prize winner to his credits.

T-Bone Burnett has signed on with Capitol Music Group (CMG) for his new label, Electromagnetic Recordings.

Katy Perry 'Prism' is set to debut at number one this week on the Australian chart.

Radio network Triple M has been quick to counter Triple J’s new Dig Music digital radio format.

Following the success of last year’s event, ARIA Week returns to Sydney in 2013.

Sales of Lou Reed’s music have soared since the death of the iconic singer in New York on the weekend.

Sales of Paul McCartney ‘New’ and Elton John ‘The Diving Board’ continued to defy chart gravity in Australia this week with McCartney leaving the top 30 after one week on the chart and Elton the Top 400 after 6 weeks.

British soul singer, 2013 Mercury Music Prize nominee and gold-selling artist Michael Kiwanuka and a team of musicians from London and New York, will launch the brand new independent label 'Movement Records' in Autumn / Winter 2013, with singles scheduled and a live record label showcase planned for the end of the year.

The Q Awards were held in London on Wednesday night with a winners list that split between veterans and newer artists and one of them was Jake Bugg.

This weeks No.1 debut is the first compilation album in over thirteen years to claim the top of the ARIA Albums Chart, as Triple J’s “Like a Version Volume 9” claims the top spot.

Katy Perry is at No.1 for a ninth week with her smash song “Roar”, and in doing so she becomes the female artist with the longest run at the top of the Australian charts this decade, plus she is now tied in second place alongside LMFAO’s “Sexy & I Know it” as the second longest run for the decade (so far). Party Rock Anthem by LAMFAO is the longest at ten weeks.